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15. Hope-Corner of Second and Pine. 16. Humane-Callowhill,between Second and St. John In a late number we inserted from the daily papers a 17. N. Liberty-Front, above Noble. list of the Fire Companies in the City, which it appears 19. Philadelphia-Crown, between Race and Vine. 18. Pennsylvania-Fifth, betweenChestnut and Library from the following note from a correspondent was in 20. Reliance-New, between Second and Third. correct. His request to insert it again with the correc-21. Relief-Twelfth, between Market and Chestnut. tions, is therefore complied with. A table of the Fire Companies in 1791, is also added, extracted from Hogan's Directory for 1795.

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1. Assistance-Race, between Fifth and Sixth streets. 2. Columbia-Eighth, between Race and Vine streets. 3. Delaware-Hartung's alley.

4. Diligent-Filbert, between Tenth and Eleventh sts. 5. Fairmount-Ridge road, between Vine and Callowhill streets.

6. Federal-Third, between Tammany and Green sts.
7. Franklin-Catherine, between Third and Fourth.
8. Friendship-Brown, corner of St. John street.
9. Good Intent-Public Square, Kensington.
10. Good Will-Race, corner of Juniper street.
11. Globe-Near Globe Mill, Kensington.

12. Hand in Hand-Cherry, between Third and Fourth.
13. Harmony-Seventh, between Cherry and Race.
14. Hibernia-Dock, above Second street.

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22. Resolution-Do. do. do.
23. Southwark-Second,between Queen and Christian
24. Washington-Lombard, between Ninth and Tenth.
25. Weccacoe-Second, between Queen and Christian
26. U. States-Fourth, between Wood and Callow hill.
27. Vigilant-Race, between Front and Second.

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1. America-Corner of Walnut and Sixth streets.
2. Columbia-Seventh, between Cherry and Race.
3. Diligent-Ridge road, between Vine and Callowhill.
4. Fame-Fifth, between Chestnut and Library.
5. Good Intent-Fourth, between Chestnut & Walnut.
6. Hope-Corner of Second and Pine.

7. Humane-Ann, between Wood and Callowhill.
8. Neptune-Vine, between Fourth and Fifth.
9. N. Liberty-Budd, between Green and Coates.
10. Niagara-Third, between Catherine and Queen.
11. Philadelphia-Seventh, between Market and Arch.
12. Perseverance-Race, between Fifth and Sixth.
13. Phoenix-Zane, near Seventh.

14. Resolution-Fifth, between Market and Arch.
15. Robert Morris-Corner of Lombard and Ninth.
16. Southwark-Corner of South and Second.
17. Washington-Tenth, between Filbert and Arch.
18. William Penn-Public Square, Kensington.

19. United States-Old York road, between Tammany
and Green.

In all forty-six Fire Companies in the City and Liberties of Philadelphia,

RETURN OF THE SEVERAL FIRE COMPANIES IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, 1791.

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The Milford Eagle of Friday last, says: "For a few | terity, and shoot with remarkable skill with the bow and days past there has been located or encamped within a arrow. half mile of our village, on the bank of the Delaware river, two Tuscarora Indians, with their Squaws and Pappooses. They arrived at this place by water, in Great Blast.-The Chester County Democrat says, a bark canoes, in which they travelled from Buffaloe by sand blast was made at Mr. Wilton's quarry on Friday way of the Erie canal, to the North river, and trom last, by which between 2 and 300 perches of stone were that into the Hudson and Delaware canal, and so into loosed from the earth, and considerably shattered. This the Delaware, a short distance above Carpenter's Point. beats any blast ever made in the neighbourhood of They are shortly to leave this place for Pottsville, in Downington. We understand that nearly three kegs this state. They paddle a canoe with astonishing dex-' of powder were used for the purpose.

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SPEECH OF WILLIAM PENN.-VISIT TO MAUCH CHUNK.

A SPEECH OF WILLIAM PENN.

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two from Secretarie Vernon: and am commanded by the

Copied from the Original Minutes of the Council, in the Lords Justices to make laws against piracie and unlaw. ful trade. I am glad we have prevented their commands writing of Patrick Robinson, By J. F. F. in doing it before they came."

ATT a provincial council held at Philadelphia, die Lunæ ye 1st of ye 2d mo. April 1700.

Present Wm. Penn, Proprietor and Governor. [The Sheriff's returns of the elections of representatives in council for the counties of Bucks, Philadelphia, Chester, Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex were presented and read, and the declaration of allegiance was subscribed, when the said members of council being declared duly qualified.] The Proprietor and Governor

said:

"Friends,

Altho' this be a Colonie of 19 years standing, and not inferior to any of its age and establishing, yet wee have much to do to make a free Constitution, and ye Courts of Justice therein. There are in it some laws which may be accounted obsolete, others hurtfull, others imperfect, that will need improvement; and it will be requisit to make some new ones. Wee cannot go too slowly to make them, nor too fast to execute them when made, and that with diligence and discretion. A few well made and duly executed, will better answer the ends of Government than a great bulk unexecuted. You, Friends, are the people's choice and my Council: You will see what laws are fitt to be left out, and what are fitt to be made, and you with me are to prepare and propose them. I say this the rather, because of a false notion some have got, that because you are my Council, therefore, you are not the people's representatives. The ablest men have always been chosen to be of the Council to prepare Laws, and the assembly are to consent to them. Tho' two bodies, yet are we but one power: the one prepares, the other consents.

Friends-If in the Constitution by Charter there be any thing that jarrs-alter it. If you want a law for, this or that, prepare it; I advise you not to trifle with Government; I wish there were no need of any, but since crimes prevail, government is made necessary by man's degeneracie. Government is not an end but a means; he who thinks it to be an end, aims at profitto make a trade of it but he who thinks it to be a means, understands the true end of Government.

Friends-Away with all parties, and look on yourselves and on what is good for all, as a bodie politick; first as under the King and Crown of England, and next as under mee by Letters patent from that Crown,

At the late Election in Philadelphia, I was grieved to hear some make it a matter of religion. It is merely a humane and moral thing relating to society, trade, traffique, and public good, consisting in virtue and justice; where these are maintained, there is government indeed. Studie peace and be at unity. Provide for the good of all; and I desire to see mine no otherwise than in the publick's prosperity.

1 he last Assembly made two laws against piracy and forbidden trade. I heare they have not satt easie on the books of some, but I hope wee having therein been careful wee shall have thanks for makeing them before wee had orders so to do; and after so many calumnies and complaints wee have been loaded with, I hope those two laws will in some degree wash us clean. What concerns myself I also leave it with you to consider. I have been now nineteen years your Proprietor and Governor, and have att my charge maintained my Deputy, whereby I have much worsted myself and estate. I hope it will be no wonder to any here, to hear mee make this mention of it.

Some say I come to gett money and be gone, but perhaps they that say so wish it so; I hope I or mine shall be with you while I or they live. The disasters of my absence have been mine as well as yours; and as I am used shall make suitable returns.

I have lately two packetts from Whitehall, an original and a duplicate; also one for my cosin Markham, and

Thereafter, a motion being made by a member of Council that we should begin on a good foundation, and, therefore desired that they might have a new charter. The Proprietor and Governor desired each member to speak his mind freely, which each member present did. Then the Proprietor and Governor asked "whether they thought the charter was living, dead, or asleep? Is it vacated by the act of settlement, or in what estate is it?"

A member made answer. It is clear we never looked on it to be void or dead; because at Governor Fletcher's

coming, we made a salvo of it in our Assembly books, and another salvo of it in the frame of Government as to its fundamentals, but the circumstantials of it, as to time, place, number, and rotation, we could not re-assume.

Our business now is to do good, the Governor being here to confirm it: and the Governor having in the charter power to call us in what manner he pleases is but circumstance; the meeting is essential. Let us take what is fitt and good both in the Charter and frame of Government, and let us make a Constitution that may be firm and lasting to us and ours. This makes no breach in the old laws, but will confirm what is re-assumable in them, the Charter and the Frame of Government.

Then the Governor said-"the Act of Settlement served till I came, now I am come it cannot bind me against my own act, the Charter; it being my grant, and the people my witnesses by accepting of it; and tho' some violence cannot be resisted, yet when the violence is taken off, the charter revives."

Thereafter the Governor and Proprietor "resolved the whole Council into a Grand Committee, to meet at the third hour in the afternoon, to read the Charter and Frame of Government, and to adopt what is good in either, to lay aside what is inconvenient and burthensome, and to add to both what may best suit the common good of all: And if you be under any doubt or scruple, I will endeavour to solve it. And present to me what you you doe therein by to-morrow morning for my perusal."-Memoirs of Pennsylvania Historical Society.

VISIT TO MAUCH CHUNK.
[Continued from p. 94.]

Crossing the river at Lehighton, a pleasant little vil lage, about four miles below Mauch Chunk, the road pursues the west or left bank of the Lehigh. About two miles from Mauch Chunk, we came upon the lower boundary of the Company's lands, where the hills, on each side of the river, acquire a greater elevation, and have a much bolder appearance. The river is confined in a narrow bed, and the road on one side, and the canal and tow-path on the other, are cut along the base of the hills, as far from the river as the nature of the ground would admit. The irregular course of the river, and the hills mounting up several hundred feet, rendered the view up and down the river rather wild and dreary, until we approached near enough to see the neat white buildings of Mauch Chunk, which presented a beautiful contrast to the hills covered with deep verdure above, and the swift flowing and dashing current of water below. Upon entering the village, the first objects which presented to the eye, were the extensive buildings occupied by Mr. Kimball, as a hotel; and which is kept in a style not inferior to many of the fashionable hotels of our Atlantic cities. Higher up the bank of the river, are several extensive saw mills and a large grist mill, the store, boat house, rail road shoot, &c. with here and there a dwelling. About the centre of these improvements, there is a break in the hill, and a considerable ravine, down which flows a stream sufficient for turning various kinds of machinery. Along this stream, wher

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MEDICAL STATISTICS.-LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ever the ground will admit of it, most of the dwelling houses and workshops of the work people are erected. Having satisfied our curiosity in examining the works at the Lehigh, which consisted of ark building, where we saw all the various operations progressing at once, from sawing of the timber to the launching of the boat; dressing and drilling stone blocks for the new rail-road by water power, wagon building, furnace, &c. we mounted our horses to proceed to the coal mines. Pursuing the turnpike up the ravine above named, we soon came to where the rail-road occupies the bed of the turnpike. (It will be recollected that for many years the coal was brought from the mines to the landing, nine miles, by common wagons on a turnpike road.) On the summit level there is a good tavern, one mile from the mines. We should suppose the quarry, as at present opened, occupies about five acres of ground. The miners, to the number of perhaps forty, live in small houses immediately adjoining the mine. The coal lays at various depths from the surface; but in many places, where it is uncovered, there does not appear to have been over six feet of earth. At some places, the quarry is thirty or forty feet deep from the top of the coal. There is alternately a layer of slate, of a few inches thick, and then a vein of coal of perhaps six or eight feet deep, and so on as far down as they have progressed. The mine is on the north side of the hill, and rails are run out a considerable distance, where the slate and earth are thrown down. The coal is put in wagons, holding upwards of two tons each, and are drawn up on the railroad, by mules, to the summit level. Here a train of twelve or fourteen wagons are attached together, and one man takes them in charge. They are then started from the summit to the south side of the hill, and he regulates their speed down the inclined plane to the shoot at Mauch Chunk, which is eight miles distant, by the checks operating upon all the wheels upon one side, to suit the declivity of the road. Four or five of these trains travel in company, and last of all goes the mule cars, carrying down a sufficient number of mules to draw the empty wagons up. About half way down there is a turn-out place, where the ascending and descending cars pass each other. The loaded wagons pass down in about forty minutes, although if they were allowed to have their full speed, they would go in half the time. The mules are attached, four on each side, to the train of empty wagons, and walk outside of the rail-road track. It takes eight or ten mules to draw up a train of them, and they make five trips a day, up and down, equal to eighty miles travelling each. the head of the shoot, the cars are all weighed, two at a time, which is the work of only a few seconds; they are then passed on a few feet further to the head of the shoot. Here a strong rope is attached to the loaded car, which revolves round a large cylinder, stationed at the top of the shoot, and as the loaded car runs down the shoot, the other end of the rope draws an empty car up from the bottom. When the full car comes to a particular point at the bottom, it runs against a piece of timber, and striking the bar which secures the lower part of the tail-board of the car, the upper part hanging upon binges, the weight of the coal forces the back part of the car outward, and its contents drop down into the ark in the river below. By the time the coal is emptied out, another loaded car takes the place of the empty one at the top, and gradually descends the inclined plane to the shoot, drawing the empty one up. Upwards of 400 tons are passed down the shoot daily into the arks below. The length of the shoot is about 750 feet, overcoming an elevation of a little over 200 feet. The plea sure cars are drawn up by horses to the summit in about one hour, and have been known to pass down in less than twenty minutes. The rail-road at Mauch Chunk is made in a cheap and simple manner; but not as durable as the one making along the north side of the same hill, to a new mine which has just been opened.

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dug transversely across the road near two feet deep, and filled up with small stone. On this, timbers are laid about five feet in length. A notch is cut near the end of these timbers for the rails to rest in, which are properly secured by a small wedge. The rails are of white oak, or any other suitable timber, sawed to about four by six inches. On the inner edge of this, is a smail plate of iron, perhaps one and a half inches broad, upon which the wheels run. The wheels are of cast iron, and have a shoulder on the inner side of the rim, which keeps We found the rail-roads at Pottsthem on the track.

ville made after the same plan, and we were informed the cost does not exceed 10,000 dollars per mile.Bucks County Intelligencer.

MEDICAL STATISTICS

OF MORAVIAN SOCIETY, ESTABLISHED AT BETHLEHEM, PA.

We are indebted for the following highly interesting statement, derived from the church records of the Moravian Society, established at Bethlehem, Penn., to our learned and valued friend, LEWIS D. DE SCHWEINITZ.

From the first of January,1801, to the first of January, 1831, a period of thirty years, 386 deaths have occurred in this congregation, forming a population which increased during the period from 501 persons to 722 persons. Of the above-mentioned 386 persons, none obtained the age of 100 years:

6 died above 90 years.

55 died between 80 and 90 ys.,above 80 ys. 61

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in which the greatest number of deaths occurred, was It appears, therefore, that the decenium of human life, between 70 and 80 years, viz. 83 deaths out of 386, while the deaths under 10 years were only 76 out of 386. A considerable majority of deaths were of persons above 60 years of age, and more than double as many over 40 than under.

In the same period 350 births took place.

Of the inhabitants of Bethlehem, alive on the first of January, 1831, there were 14 above 80 years, 48 above 70 years of age, 226 under 12 years.

In the above statement of the population, the boarding school for young ladies is not included. This has been established since the year 1785, and between 1900 and 2000 scholars have lived in it, successively, during this period of 46 years. Twelve deaths have taken place among this number, which are not included in the above statement.-Amer. Jour. of Medical Sciences for May, 1831

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
MICHENOR V. TAGGART.

(Common Pleas of Chester county.)

On the trial of this cause, a witness was called to the stand, who avowed his disbelief in the existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments.

He was objected to as incompetent. In support of his admissibility, a case was cited from the Massachusetts Reports, where it was decided "that disbelief in a future state," was not sufficient cause to render a witness incompetent, and only went to his credibility.

The Court rejected the witness-bis honour, the President Judge, remarking, that he was not before aware that there was a man living, who did not believe in the existence of a God; that this belief constituted the sanc tion of all testimony in a Court of Justice; and, that he knew of no case, in a Christian country, where a witness had been permitted to testify without such belief. West Chester, August 8th, 1831.

HAZARD'S

REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE.

VOL. VIII.-NO. 8.

EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD.

PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 20, 1831.

INDIAN HISTORY.

[FROM THE PEMBERTON MANUSCRIPTS.] Taken by Charles Thomson, Secretary for Teedyuscung.

[Continued from page 98.]

[On Monday, April 10th, 1758. Teedyuscung came to town with a Messenger, despatched from the General Council of the United Nations, held at Seekaughkoonta. As the Governor was gone to meet the Assembly of the three lower Counties, he had empowered the Council to meet the Indians, &c.]

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you said to me: Brother, I am able, you are weak. I would have you, though you are weak, to do all in your power; and as I told you I am strong, I will always help you in promoting this good work. Now, Brother, I have done the utmost in my power, and have helped you;" and all the Indians far back have heard me. I therefore desire you, as you are strong, to press on in promoting this good work, so that we may build this Peace on a firm foundation, as it has been formerly; and let us look up to God for a Blessing, so that this Peace may always stand firm. [A String.]

You know I am

Brother, and all you my Brethren, hearken to what I At a Conference with the Indians in the Council Chamber, am going to say-i desire you, Brother, to press on in Philadelphia, April 12th, 1758. this good work we have undertaken. PRESENT-Robert Strettel, Esquire, President; William weak. This business is very heavy-without you help me I cannot do it. But if we both lay our hands to it, Logan, Benjamin Shoemaker, Joseph Turner, Lyndford Lardner, Lawrence Growden, Benjamin Chew, and join heartily, we can easily perform it. All the InThomas Cadwalader, Esquires; several inhabitants of dians round about, from Sun-rise to Sun-set, look to us, the city. Indians-Teedyuscung, King of the Dela-and are ready to join in the good work and help us. wares; Essoweyowalund, alias Daniel, a Messenger of the Wanami Nation; Teepiscahung, and one other Indian. Isaac Still, Interpreter; Mr. William Peters, Secretary for the Province; Charles Thomson, Secretary for Teedy uscung.

The President, addressing Teedyuscung, said: Brother Teedyuscung

You see all these Nations of Indians have heard me when I gave the halloo, and have turned their Eyes; and are now ready to join hands with us, and help in the good work. [A String.]

by bit; and I hope I shall, in a little time, eat it all. It is not only I tell you this-all the Nations I mentioned before say the same.

Hear me Brother, and all you my Brothers-Brother, I tell you, you and I are about a very good work. Now Brother, all the Indians a great way off have seen us about that good work. But yet I see you look towards The day before yesterday, I received a letter from the Westward, and keep your Eyes to the Westward. Timothy Horsefield of Bethlehem, informing me you I desire you, Brother, you would leave that piece of meat were coming down here with some other Indians, on for me-you see I have it between my arms and betwixt business of importance with this Government; and hav-my legs-leave it for me to eat it, and I shall take it bit ing heard yesterday you were in town, as the Governor is gone to New Castle, I immediately called these gentlemen together, who are now present, and who are of his Council, to acquaint them of it. On which we desired William Logan to see if he could find you, and know on what business these Indians were come. He told us he could not meet with you, but that the Indian | Messenger, Daniel, had informed him be was come from the Indian country on public business, and desired to be dispatched. I must, therefore, let you know, that as the Governor is absent, he has left us to act in his place, and we are now ready to hear what you have to say to us. [A String.]

Then Teedyuscung arising said: Brother-1 desire you, and all my Brethren present, would hear.

You may remember, Brother, when we held a Council at Easton, you desired me to hear. I did hear you, and therefore I gave a halloo, And after I had given one halloo, all the Indians heard it and turned about and saw me, Teedyuscung, and my brethren, the English, holding our Heads together in Council, Brother, now these Indians back desire us both,viz.English and Indians, to press on heartily; and they said, we will clear your Eyes that you may see clearly. There are many sorts of Wind come, and blow Dust in the Eyes. We wipe the Eyes, both of Teedyuscung and the English, that you may see our Wives and Children. We clean your Ears, that you may hear us who live back; and we have made one Messenger to do our business. Now here he is. The reason of this second Messenger's coming, is because the other staid a long time. [A String.] Brother, and all you my Brethren, hear me-You may remember at Easton, when Governor Morris was there, VOL. VIII.

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Being asked what he meant by the piece of meat. Teedyuscung replied-I desire you, and the rest of the English, not to trouble yourselves to go against the Ohio, I will do it myself. They are all within my dish-leave them for me. I will give them one blow, and if any escape that, I will drive them to the Sea for you. [A Belt of seven rows.]

Brother, and all you my Brethren, hearken-I have looked above me, and then all over the World. What makes me look, is to see from whence so much mischief comes. Now I have found out where this mischief sprung from, and I will take notice of all that pretend to join us; and if I find they do not do right, I will run my hand down their throat and bring up their Heart, and lay it before you. For may be it was they that did this mischief. I don't tell you so myself, but all the Nations I mentioned before tell you the same. [A String.]

Brother-I have told you all that I intended at present to say to you. I would have you consider it; and if you find any part of it wrong, I hope, as we are Brothers, you will speak out and tell me what does not please you, that I may also consider it. And I desire you would dispatch us as soon as possible.

I hope, Brother, you will take notice of this Messenger, and I beg you would dispatch him as soon as possi ble, that he may return quickly. The other Messenger was detained too long.

The President said:

Brother Teedyuscung-What you have said is very agreeable to us, and gives us pleasure. The Council

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I farther tell you, as soon as I go home, this, my Mes senger, shall carry the News to all the Indian Nations, that we will join with our Brethren, the English, and go with them, and where their Bones lie there ours shall lie also.

Then the President said:

Brother Teedyuscung, and our Brethren the IndiansWhat you have now said sufficiently explains what you said yesterday on this head, and I am much pleased with it, and thank you for so favourable an explanation, we will now immediately proceed to consider a full answer to what you said yesterday, and will let you know when we are ready, and hope it will not take up much time. Teedyuscung being asked, whether it would be agree. able to him to receive an answer that afternoon? replied, as the business is weighty, and requires haste, I shall be ready to hear whenever you please.

morning.

The President, addressing Teedyuscung, said: Brother Teedyuscung, and our Brethren the other Indians, I desire you will now attend to what I am going to say to you, and consider it as if it came from the Governor's mouth.

The President, addressing Teedyuscung, said: Brother-You desired us yesterday to consider what The Conference continued.-Present the same as in the EODEM DIE, P. M. you then said to us, and if we thought any thing wrong, as we were Brothers, to speak out freely and tell you Your advice is very good. This is the way one Brother ought to treat another. Our Hearts should be laid open to each other, that no doubts or suspicions may lurk there to disturb our friendship. We will on this, and every other occasion, act with openness and sincerity towards you and all our Brethren the Indians. Brother Agreeably to your advice, we now freely tell you that we do not well understand your meaning, in desiring us not to turn our Eyes to the Westward, nor trouble ourselves to go against the Ohio; but leave it for you to do, and that you will strike one blow and drive them into the Sea. We must inform you, that we shall be obliged to follow the orders of our great King in carrying on the affair, and as we are his servants, we dare not disobey his commands. Besides, Brethren, we do not desire you, who are one flesh and blood with us, to engage in any dangers in which we do not share with you. The work can be more easily and safely accomplished by both of us, than by one without the other. Our enemies are now murdering our Brethren on our borders; and while we are men we cannot sit still, with our bands tied, and let them cut our throats. therefore, desire you will fully explain yourself on that We, head, before we give you an answer to what you said to us yesterday. [A String.]

To which Teedyuscung replied:
Well Brother, I hope you will hear me, and you my
Brothers take notice of what I am going to say:

Indians-Yesterday you told me that you had, agreeable
Brother Teedyuscung, and our Brethren the other
to your promise at Easton, given a Halloo, that the In-
dians all around us had heard you-that they had seen
you and me sitting in Council together-that they ap-
prove of what we are about, and desire us both to press
heartily on, in prosecuting the business we are engaged
in-that they will do all they can to keep our Eyes
clear, that we may see their Wives and Children; and
back have to say to us-that they had appointed one
our Ears open, that we may hear what they who live
Messenger to do our business, and that it is our friend
Daniel who is now come down-that the reason of his
ing so long.
being sent was on account of the other Messenger stay.

great pleasure to hear that you had performed what you Brother-It gives me, and the rest of my Brethren, agreeable to the Indians, and that they approved of our undertook at Easton, and that what passed there was proceedings. You may assure all the Indians, nothing shall be wanting on my part to accomplish the good work begun, and hope you will continue your good re Wives and Children with compassion and pity, as I well solution to give me your assistance. I look on your Brother-You may remember at Easton I told you, I know they must live very uneasy, until the great and put out my Hand and took hold of you by one Hand, good work we are now engaged in be fully completed. and that the Mohock took hold of you by the other, and It therefore highly concerns us both to leave no stone that you were in the middle between us. Now I am unturned until it be so. I am sorry the Messenger was very sorry to hear that mischief has been done back. detained so long on his journey. You know he met I can neither see nor hear who has done it. I have still with many difficulties in coming down, by the deep hold of your Hand all this time. Now I tell you, Broth-snows and bad weather, that he could scarce travel. er, as I have taken hold of your Hand heartily, I will look and search diligently who has done it, and I will stand by you, and go with you wherever you go, and where your Bones lie there mine shall also lie-for we are Brothers-and I will always stand by you and die by you. I don't tell you this from my Lips but from my Heart, and my actions shall show it. [A Belt.]

The President taking notice that Teedyuscung had not given an answer, to that part respecting the going against the Ohio-whereupon Teedyuscung rose and

said:

Brother-When I came from home, I thought we should have been able to have done that work by ourselves, but now I see so much mischief done, I do not think it prudent to undertake it myself; nor would I by any means hinder you from going, but I will heartily join with you and we will go together.

Brother-Now I have told you I will die with you, and where your Bones lie there my Bones shall lie also.

Their sending this second Messenger, on the same account, is a proof of their good disposition; and I desire you, by this String of Wampum, to thank them for their care. [A String.]

Brother-By this String you put me in mind that you were told in Governor Morris's time, that you were weak

and that I was strong; that although you were weak, that as I was strong, I would always help you in proyet I would have you do all that was in your power, and moting this good work. You told me also, that you had used your utmost endeavours to assist me, and that all would press on and build this Peace on a firm foundathe Indians back had heard you, and now desire that I tion as it had been formerly, and look up to God for a Blessing that the Peace may stand forever.

vernor Morris, respecting my ability and the promises Brother-I remember well what was told you by Gotowards promoting this good work, and I now assure that were made you, of doing all that was in my power you I continue in the same resolution and am determined

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